tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679369810161873324.post4673646943625955850..comments2024-03-21T18:48:01.999+01:00Comments on StillSUDAN: Southernization irksMagdi El Gizoulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15761996039834856021noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679369810161873324.post-21819547522893173272011-01-22T17:34:02.078+01:002011-01-22T17:34:02.078+01:00This is an important issue, but 40 years after the...This is an important issue, but 40 years after the Addis Ababa Agreement there are other credible ways to measure government prformance and fairness than the tribe and sub-tribe of government officials.<br /><br />For example, Southern Sudanese can now monitor the allocation of government budgets to the States and Counties, the geographical distribution of facilities, the delays in the payment of teachers' salaries, infant mortality, and many other metrics.<br /><br />In addition there are many more opportunities for educated Southern <br />Sudanese than government jobs, particularly in the for-profit and non- profit private sectors with international and international organiztions. Moreover, many are starting their own organizations and businesses. The SPLM would be wise to treat them fairly and honestly.<br /><br />There are also many forms of private media from radio stations, newspapers, to websites and more advanced fora. These impact of theses media can be and will be amplified and informed by the impact of cell phones, e-mail, and satellite phones.<br /><br />The effendi no longer need to imagine the problems of their people. They can ask them. We need to help them and hope that they will listen to their elders and that as members of the "educated age set" they will not forget the obligations of all "age sets" to contribute to their communities and to learn how to lead and not just to argue and complain in a foreign language and not to assume that they are the leaders because they speak the loudest in this foreign language.<br /><br />They can help democracy work and survive in Sudan if they represent well before they expected to be asked to lead. They may be surprised that if they represent their own people well, many people will ask them to lead.Ed Resorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494724210187282545noreply@blogger.com